Here is Subzero... now, plain zero.
The Running man was originally a novel written by Richard Bachman (a pseudonym for Stephen King) in a single week. Predating reality television, the story takes place in a dystopian society in which contestants can make money on a game show by evading captors. In the book, the lead character Ben Richards is described as "scrawny" and "pre-tubercular." In the movie version, he's played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie began with director Andrew Davis who's best known for directing
The Fugitive with Harrison Ford, although my personal favorite film of his is
Above the Law with Steven Seagal. Either way, Davis was fired a week into filming due to falling behind in the schedule and was replaced with Paul Michael Glaser. Glaser best well known as TV's David Starsky on the show "Starsky and Hutch," had transitioned in directing. He had directed the underrated film
The Band of The Hand. Reportedly, Schwarzenegger felt it was a mistake to replace Davis as he thought Glaser's version was too similar to a TV movie and lost many of the deeper themes.
Above the Law 2 is in pre-production. I hope Kurt Zagon returns.
